THE sgian dubhs blade, traditionally worn with Highland dress, will be allowed at next year's Battle of Bannockburn festival after bosses back tracked on health and safety fears. Organisers of ...

A Canadian bagpiper who generated huge public support after being fined for carrying a Sgian Dubh 18 months ago has had his case dropped and his knife returned. Jeff McCarthy from Montreal was ...

In 1910, there appeared in Inverness a catalogue for the auction of stock from John Munro’s Old Curiosity Shop in Castle Street. Lot 377a was ‘an old dirk with ivory handle inlaid with gold’. A ...

I NOTE that a piper from Quebec has been fined for wearing a sgian dubh (“A sgian-dubh hullabaloo”, The Herald, November 7). The drummers in a band I know too well avoid such problems by having a ...

A CANADIAN bagpiper of Scots descent has had his sgian-dubh confiscated and fined for carrying a knife. Kilted Jeff McCarthy was walking down the street in Montreal when police spotted the ceremonial ...

Watch as we take you through the process of creating a San Mai sgian dubh knife, turning steel into a stunning work of art. Join us on this journey of craftsmanship and creativity! Become a channel ...